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	Bilby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Bilbies are marsupial omnivores; members of the bandicoot family.
		The Bilby or Greater Bilby (Macrotis lagotis) is the largest of the bandicoots: at 1 to 2.4 kg the male is about the same size as a rabbit.
		The Lesser Bilby or White-tailed Bilby (Macrotis leucrura) is extinct.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/b/bi/bilby.html (391 words)

	Greater Bilby
		Because the bilby is very important to the traditional culture of native people of Australia such as the Pitjantjatjarra and Warlpiri people, they’re contributing their valuable traditional knowledge to help save them.
		The greater bilby once ranged throughout 70% of mainland Australia, from Western Australia to SW Queensland and New South Wales.
		Bilbies have several burrows within one area, but they usually stay within 100 metres of the burrow openings for a quick escape.
	www.robstewartphotography.com /facts/Bilby.asp?i_id=572 (701 words)

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		Bilbies differ from other bandicoots because of their large ears, long, silky fur and long snouts.
		The greater bilby is the mammal of the bandicoots in Australia.
		Bilbies are actually members of the ground-dwelling marsupials, called bandicoots, which have pointed snouts.
	www.homestead.com /meighansbilby (203 words)

	Greater Bilby - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Greater Bilby, (also known as the rabbit-eared bandicoot), rabbit-sized, omnivorous marsupial, native to Australia.
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	uk.encarta.msn.com /Greater_Bilby.html (104 words)

	EARTH SANCTUARIES - "Experience the TRUE Australia"
		Bilbies become mature at six months of age when they are old enough to forage for themselves.
		Records show that Bilbies lived in abundance in the Adelaide area before 1900, and by the 1920s they were very scarce and presumed locally extinct by the 1950s.
		The release of Bilbies at Warrawong was a critical step for ensuring the success of separate viable populations in the Earth Sanctuaries breeding program and allows another species to survive in their former range.
	www.esl.com.au /bilby.htm (503 words)

	Greater Bilby
		Greater bilbies resemble rabbits, with their long, transparent ears, but their hairless nose is longer than that of a rabbit and their tail is long and fl with a white tip.
		Greater bilbies are considered an endangered species by the Commonwealth of Australia Endangered Species.
		Because bilbies are very important to the traditional culture of native people of Australia such as the Pitjantjatjarra and Warlpiri people, they are contributing their valuable traditional knowledge to help save them.
	www.wildinfo.com /facts/Bilby.asp (607 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Greater bilby, dalgyte, rabbit-eared bandicoot, ninu, walpajirri.
		Greater bilbies are small marsupials that inhabit arid areas of West and Central Australia.
		Bilbies have long rabbit-like ears, a long pointed snout and a long fl tail, which is white on the latter half.
		Bilbies have a high breeding rate in good times and can breed throughout the year, an adaptation which allows them to quickly take advantage of good seasons in the harsh desert environment.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/3071.shtml (316 words)

	CSIRO PUBLISHING - Wildlife Research
		Greater frequency of occurrence of bilby sign was recorded on laterite than on other substrates and the least was recorded on sand plain.
		The mean number of bilby records on the sand plain, drainage line and laterite substrates was 11, 10 and 17, respectively, and the coefficient of variation was 29%, 26% and 19%, respectively (Table 2).
		The combined amount of bilby sign recorded per sample period on the sand plain and drainage line substrates was 0.26 and 0.74, respectively, with 26% coefficient of variation for the sand plain transects and 11% for the drainage line transects.
	www.publish.csiro.au /view/journals/dsp_journal_fulltext.cfm?nid=144&f=WR03087 (7463 words)

	Bilby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bilbies are marsupial omnivores; they are members of the Peramelemorphia biological order and the largest of the bandicoots.
		There is a highly successful bilby breeding program at Kanyana Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre (Inc.), near Perth, Western Australia.
		^ Moseby K. and O'Donnell E. Reintroduction of the greater bilby, Macrotis lagotis (Reid) (Marsupialia: Thylacomyidae), to northern South Australia: survival, ecology and notes on reintroduction protocols Wildlife Research 30, 15-27.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Easter_Bilby (496 words)

	Qld Conservation Council
		Like the greater bilby, the lesser bilby also dug burrows, closing the entrance to its burrow when inside to protect against predators.
		This lesser bilby had white fur along the top of its tail and was smaller and less colourful than the greater bilby.
		It is assumed that the decline and extinction of the lesser bilby was due to habitat loss and the introduction of rabbits and foxes.
	www.qccqld.org.au /resources/Bilby/related_species.htm (147 words)

	Bilby - EPA/QPWS
		Bilbies were a common animal until the turn of the century, when bilby numbers reduced suddenly.
		The bilby's habitat has declined for various reasons, including grazing and trampling by domestic and feral livestock, competition for food from rabbits, and other factors such as introduced predators (feral cats and foxes) and changed fire patterns.
		Bilbies are bred in captivity in Queensland, the Northern Territory, and South Australia.
	www.epa.qld.gov.au /nature_conservation/wildlife/threatened_plants_and_animals/endangered/bilby (938 words)

	Visit Australia by Jocelyn Munday (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The bilby used to live in 70% of the country; now it is found in only a few areas.
		The original chocolate bilbies were marketed under the name ‘Easter Bilby’; since then, other companies have begun producing and marketing their own Easter Bilbies, sparking litigation to prevent the use of the name ‘Easter Bilby’ by these competitors.
		The bilby, in fact, is a member of the bandicoot family; it is a marsupial, with a pouch that opens backwards so that it doesn’t get filled with dirt while it is digging.
	www.beavercounty.com /community/feature50.asp (743 words)

	Greater Bilby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Greater Bilby had a vast distribution in arid and semi-arid regions of mainland Australia.
		The Bilby was found in most of South Australia and was common in the Adelaide area.
		Bilbies are preyed on by foxes and cats and their habitat has been degraded by rabbits and by devastating wildfires.
	www.samuseum.sa.gov.au /extinctions/gbilby.htm (100 words)

	Ladywildlife's Greater Bilby Page
		The greater bilby, sometimes called the greater rabbit bandicoot, is extremely rare.
		The bilby’s evolution from the bandicoot occurred as an adaptation to the arid and semiarid regions of Australia.
		Greater Bilby and Man: the bilby had been common throughout its range until the beginning of the twentieth century.
	ladywildlife.com /animal/greaterbilby.html (961 words)

	Greater bilby - Macrotis lagotis: More Information - ARKive
		The greater bilby is the largest of the small, rat-like marsupials (3) that are known as bandicoots (7).
		Greater bilbies are nocturnal and spend the day in burrows that spiral into the ground (5).
		Bilby numbers have been decimated by human activities; they have been hunted extensively for their skins and accidentally killed in rabbit traps or by poisoned baits (4).
	www.arkive.org /species/GES/mammals/Macrotis_lagotis/more_info.html (722 words)

	Education Fact Sheets Bilby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Bilbies are marsupials and the largest of the bandicoot family.
		Today bilbies are only found in scattered colonies in the Tanami desert in the Northern Territory, in the Great Sandy Desert, Pilbara and Kimberley regions of Western Australia.
		Bilbies are mainly found in grasslands and acacia scrublands amongst spinifex and tussocks.
	www.arazpa.org.au /Education_FactSheets_Bilby.htm (591 words)

	endangered animals - introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Greater Bilby is the largest of all Bandicoots, although it is presently close to extinction.
		Bilbys have a body length of 55cm and its tail is at a length of 29cm.
		Bilbys were hunted for their skins and poisoned by powerful baits.
	www.tenan.vuurwerk.nl /reports/frenchvi/bilby.htm (295 words)

	Greater Bilby Macrotis lagotis - Threatened Species Day 2005 fact sheet
		The Greater Bilby is an iconic threatened marsupial that used to live in much of mainland Australia.
		Bilbies are about the size of a small cat and have soft, blue-grey fur with white underparts and a distinctive white-tipped tail.
		It seems remaining bilby populations in some desert areas are able to persist alongside fairly high levels of foxes and cats, probably as a result of favourable fire regimes in the region.
	www.deh.gov.au /biodiversity/threatened/publications/tsd05greater-bilby.html (1002 words)

	The secret life of the bilby - April 2006 - Scribbly Gum - ABC Science Online
		Bilby ears are almost naked, which Friend believes may be for temperature regulation, but because the research hasn't been done we don't actually know for sure.
		While bilby burrows were always important as refuges for a range of natives- reptiles and other small marsupials, they are often taken over by rabbits and cats.
		After recently discovering that a group of bilbies released into the wild were killed by predators, they came up with the unusual idea of training the marsupials to avoid cats, with excellent results with bilbies in breeding programs.
	www.abc.net.au /science/scribblygum/april2006 (1593 words)

	Conservation
		The Greater Bilby was formerly found throughout arid and semi-arid Australia - as far east as Surat in QLD, and out to the western slopes of NSW.
		Now that cattle have been successfully excluded from much of the bilbies current habitat it is easier for researchers to monitor their burrows and survey populations.
		To ensure the Greater Bilbies future conservation it is important to preserve the populations in areas where they now exist, increase the number of populations by translocating individuals to suitable areas, and implement appropriate control measures for cats, foxes and dingoes.
	www.crocodilehunter.com /conservation/conservation/programs_habitatacquisition.html (1335 words)

	X-Entertainment.com - The Greater Bilby
		The greater bilby, a rare entry from the bandicoot family, is a rodent-like creature with ridiculously oversized ears and a snout that makes it look like it's doing an Adam Maitland Beetlejuice impression.
		The bilby is a solitary creature, rarely living with others of it's species.
		I'm torn as to whether I think bilbies are neat marsupials or ugly rancid piles of furflesh, but those chicken legs and fl coal eyes present something positively heartwarming.
	www.x-entertainment.com /archive/animalia/02/index.shtml (672 words)

	Arid Recovery
		Re-introductions began in 1998 with the Greater Stick-nest Rat followed by the Burrowing Bettong in 1999, Greater Bilby in 2000 and the Western Barred Bandicoot in 2001.
		The Greater Stick-nest Rat is a native rodent that was once widespread throughout arid and semi-arid Australia, before becoming extinct on the mainland in the 1930s.
		The Greater Bilby is a large, burrowing, nocturnal bandicoot.
	www.aridrecovery.org.au /modules/content/print.php?id=12 (990 words)

	Bilbies invade central Australia
		Bilbies are endangered bandicoots that once roamed over much of Australia, but whose numbers declined drastically under the combined onslaught of cats, rabbits, foxes and land clearance.
		The SA Bilby Recovery Team (including The Royal Zoological Society and Dept of Environment and Heritage) has successfully re-introduced some bilbies to an offshore island in Spencer Gulf, and the Arid Recovery project has placed others back in a site close to the centre of their original South Australian range.
		The release of the bilbies at Easter was symbolic.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2000-11/AU-BicA-1911100.php (873 words)

	Bilby
		They are a rabbit size marsupial with large ears (they have great hearing, and the ears also allow the bilby to lose heat, a sort of "thermoregulation") and their fur is soft grey with a bluish tinge.
		As mentioned earlier the Bilby has a great sense of hearing, it also relies heavily on its sense of smell, but their downfall is poor eyesight, that is why it ventures out of its burrow mostly at night time.
		As part of an attempt to increase awareness of the Bilbys plight and to "Australianise" Easter the long, rabbit-like eared Bilby is the new native Australian icon for Easter.
	home.iprimus.com.au /readman/bilby.htm (590 words)

	WWF - Australian wildlife threatened by foreign invaders
		WWF estimates there are over 54,000 species of plants and animals facing the threat of extinction in Australia, including the greater bilby.
		Greater bilby: The greater bilby is an iconic threatened marsupial that used to live in much of mainland Australia.
		The decline of the greater bilby population can be attributed to predation by introduced foxes and feral cats.
	www.panda.org /news_facts/newsroom/news/index.cfm?uNewsID=22954 (611 words)

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		One variety, The Lesser Bilby, is believed extinct while another "The Greater Bilby" is endagered.
		There have been attempts to popularise the Bilby as a replacement for the Easter Bunny and to highlight it's diminishing numbers due to attack from feral creatures.
		There are organisations trying to improve the Bilby's situation and if you feel so inclined please help to keep this native animal alive, it would be a pity to lose another of our unique marsupials.
	www.bilbies.iinet.net.au /bilby.html (501 words)

	CSIRO PUBLISHING - Australian Journal of Zoology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Water and energy requirements of free-living male and female greater bilbies (Macrotis lagotis) were measured over two summers and two winters on Astrebla Downs National Park in far south-western Queensland, Australia, by means of the doubly labelled water method.
		The comparatively low water influx rate of the bilby (significantly lower than that predicted for a 887-g marsupial: P < 0.001) indicated that bilbies have the ability to conserve water in the wild.
		Bilbies were able to obtain sufficient food and water to satisfy energy and water requirements in three out of the four study periods.
	www.publish.csiro.au /paper/ZO00004.htm (266 words)

	Threatened Species - Greater Bilby
		As South Australia forms a large part of the bilby's former range, an important component of the bilby's recovery is its reintroduction to this state.
		During December 1997, the trial introduction of bilbies to an offshore island experienced a significant setback, with bilby radio-collars (used to monitor the movements and condition of individuals) being linked to the death of three of the four animals released
		South Australian bilbies have already been sent to Western Australia to assist in other recovery programs and in April 2000, bilbies were also reintroduced to the Arid Recovery site near Roxby Downs (where they are currently doing well).
	www.environment.sa.gov.au /biodiversity/bilby.html (819 words)

	Re: Bilbies and endangered species in Qld's arid zone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Hi Cecily The lesser bilby was last recorde alive in 1931 an could be regarded as extinct althoug a report cam in a couple of years ago from the Simpson Desert but no one has been able to substantiate it.
		The only remaining bilby is the greater bilby and it has declined from 80%-90% of it's former range.
		What Coles are doing is donating 50 cents from the sale of every chocolate bilby of a particular type (Billy Bilby who costs about $4 I think) to the Australian Conservation Foundation who with the help of the Qld Wildlife Presrvation Society distribute the money to all the states involved in doing bilby work.
	www.schools.ash.org.au /bilbydiscussion/_disc1/00000031.htm (255 words)

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